Kitchen utensil



Feb. 4, 1930. c. P. cox 1,746,072

KTCHEN UTENSIL Filed April 12, 1928 L 1 Laas.

' i plement.

the ends of the barSto-ornra ShaIl k, h GIICS anglegto the spread endszind tapered 130 enprovision in 3o an ztngle thereto ancitapered, end aspring jection extending in the direetion of the In Sthe drawingssiniilarreference oharac'- Patentecl 4, 1930 k CHARLES I; odx, 013"101111130 omo KITGI-IEN Applicatoirfiled April 12,

A further object,ofthe inVention' is the proVi'sion of a kitehen utensilof the type; stat'ed formed of twobars orlengths of heavy wire twistedonone another intermediate of of che bars being spread and forming a two"tined ork on one end ofthesh'ank, while' the spread ends of the bar atthe other end. of the shank.have their extremities bent -at an gageunder the beadd edge' of apot or pan, end a spring tngue secured to chesha'nk a'nd xtending between the bent ends to engage a,

; j pot or pan tohold the beni, ehds in engaQgeg nient withthe beadededge.

A further object of the invention is the an implefl1entof thetypeherein-. before described, in'c1uding "a, shank, spaced" ends of theshank with the extremities bentat' ton'gue to cooperzite with saidbent,end for v lifting pote end p2ins, the notch Ormed in the shank toreceive' the end of the t0ngue secured thereto including a shonlder forabutv 35 ting the end of the spring tongue, of aband secured around theshank to fasten the oongue 4 1 in enggehflent therevnth, end hW1ng aprotongue and on opposite sides"therefromfto 'reinforce the spring tongue When fleXed-in engagement with the pot' or pan. 7 7

The inventi0n Will be 'described in detai] hereinafter and will be foundilluStrated in the accompanying drawings, in which I Figure 1 is a planview of the improvd vutensil, f

Figure2 is a side view partly in section, end Figure; 3 is atrz'xnsverse seotional view on a piane indicatel by the line 8 -3 ofFigure 1.

ispring t 0ngue 6 s secured at one o fto the shank 1 end having its free6nd'eX-" tended between the ends 3 and the*bent exv -treIni-ties 4,saidsptingtongue being desigthe shankl is s'eate'd in ai notCh 7 i'ormed in"one. of the bars Comprising :the shank 1 and 'ucuredaround theshank 1aridthe secured end: ofthe tongue 6 to;scurelyflhold the tongue 6 inplsiceon the.sh&nk, end; saici'band 9is .providefi with a proj ection10" positioned on V;The ntility of hB implemeni; will be mpprent and adescription 14thereof is'considered to be unnecessary. Re-

gztrdin'g the other endof the:implement, commivsri.

' tefs' are used to designate corresponding p ar ts 1 thro'ghout the'several views. j

Th'e i-rhprovedkitcheri utensil or im i e-j merli: is made preferably of'two-bars of suitable materiali, such for instanoc-S as steel, said 55.bars rny be of a heavy gagewire,'ancl twisted 'intermediateoftheirnds onone-nother, to

form a shank 1.- The free ends of the bars et 011e0f th'e end'sof theshankare spread.

an d extended 'pzirzillei to one' anot her and slightly curved. assh'owntoforrfltines of.a

-fork, as shown ai: 2, thendsbfthe bars formingthe iines of theforkbeingficapiecl to. a; e 7

' point as Shown. The ends f th'e bare at the. otherend of'the shnk arealso s'pread -asfi5 shown et 8 end have theirextremities' bent at ansingle tothe spreadends 3 asshownat f 4 aric1:tapered to edges as shownat 5, said' edges beirig alined with one ano}ther. A

natedi 6. The endof ch ton'gu 6" engag1ng b the seeured end ofthe tongueabuts -theshuldei 8that is ormed by said notch. ;9 indi-. cates a bandof suitable mat'erial that is sethe opposite side of the shank ofthetongue andextending in the saune directiohihere- 'W'th and;adaptedtoreinforce the Spring tong'uejwhen it is fiexed into engag*ementwith(apot.or pan for lifting or 6therwisehandlirig it. A handle 11 of woodor otherheat insu'-' lating material is secured' on Che shankintermedia'te ofits ends. 7 forked end 2of the 957 prisii1g the spacedends 3 and the uptu'rned ;ends 4fwithptheirsharpened edges 5, c0acting,with the spring tongue 6,, this end ;of the impement has many usesincluding che hand1ingbf h'ot potsior pans itbeing understood that forlifting or shifting pois and pans on the stove the spring tongue 6 ispressl against the pot or pan until the sharpened eclges 5 of the upturneol encls 4 engage under the bead arouncl che eclge of the pot orpan and that it would be reaclily understood that che implementa forms ahandlef0r lifting or shifting the poi; or pan. Thispenl of the implementmay also be used for hanclling empty pie pans fincl for pulling heavybake pans from an oven by engaging the tongue 6 with the top of the panancl then pressing the beni: encls 4 downwardly under the edge of thepan ancl thus enable the operator to seband extencling in the clirectionof the free end of the tongue and on the opposite slicle of the shank toieinforce it.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

" CHARLES P. COX.

curely engage the pan for lifting or shifting 7 it. Furthermore theclevice may be used. .as

a lid lifter by engaging the spring tongue under the ring'or haridle onthe lid.

WVhat is claimecl isz- 1. A kitchen utensil, comprising a, shank, forkedends on said shank, the extremities of saicl forked encls beni; at anangle thereto, a

. springtongue secured to the shank ancl extending between said forkedends, ancl means assoc,1ated W1ll the tongue secur1ng means to reinforCetl1e spring tongue hen flexel.

2. A kitchein utensil, comprising a -shank,

forked encls on said shank, the extremities of saicl forked encls,bentat an angle thereto, a spring tongue securercl to the shank andexfiending between said forkecl encls, and 1neans associated withthotongue securing means ancl extencling in the direction of the tongue7 and on the opposite side of the shank therefrom to reinforce thespring tongue when SLA1JC1EBII utensil, comprisinga shank, f0rkeclenclson said shzrnk, theextremities of said forkecl encls bent at ananglo thereto, 7

a spring tongue securd'to the shank and. ex-

tending between said forkecl ends, the shank proviclecl with a notch toreceivan end of the tongue and including a shoulcler abutting Y thetongue end, means to secure the tongue in engagement W1th the shank, anda, pro ection on saicl mea-ns extending in the direction of the tongueand on theopposite side of the shank therefrom to reinforce the tonguewhen flexecl.

4. A kitchen utensil, comprising two bars tvvistecl on each otherintermediate of their ends to forrn a shank, a hanclle of beatinsulating material secured to said shank, the encls of the bars at thetwo ends of the shnk beirig spread, the encls of the rocls al: one end.of the ancl extencling between said bent encls of tl1e rods. V

5. A. lntchen utensfl, compris1ng a shank,

' forkecl ends on saicl shank, the extremities of said -0rkecl enclsbent at an anglo thereto, a

spring tongue engaging the shank and ex-

